Tomorrow, January 28th, 2012, I will be taking my first Flying lesson. That incredible milestone flight will be in the best selling airplane known to man: a Cessna 172, tail number: N3521Q.
I’ve been in a non-airliner plane only once before, for my discovery flight in 2008. That plane was Piper Archer, and I will never forget the day. I went up with my best friend and it was a birthday gift from us to us.
Tomorrow’s lesson will mark the day that I really start training for my Private Pilot Certificate and taking you, my readers, along for the journey!
Earlier this month I became a member of the Fort Myers Flying Club, and also received my 3rd class medical certificate. A piece of paper that officially recognizes me as a student pilot.
Now, you don’t normally need your medical until you want to solo the plane. But I already know I want to solo (and so much more) so I went ahead and received my medical exam and passed with flying colors. (I’ll describe the details of getting a medical in a later post.)
These next few months exepect to hear from Born Without Wings on a regular basis. On this site I’ll bring you my lessons in as much details as possible, hopefully so you can learn and be entertained by my adventure in becoming a pilot. For your reading pleasure I’ll also be tracking expenses, sharing tips, news and flying information. Hopefully sooner than later, I’ll also have video from the cockpit. Alongside chronicles of my flying lessons I’ll be posting news and interesting stories that relate to General Aviation and answering your questions about planes and flying, and maybe even the occasional giveaway.
If you have any comments, questions, concerns, or post ideas, let me know!
As always, Happy Flying
-BWW
